Chapter 335: First Battle! The Biggest Test Is Coming!

Liang Daoming nodded with a smile and did not hide it: "Senior Lu, if we win this battle, Chen Zuyi's prestige will be too high, and it will overwhelm us."

Lu Zhen glanced.

Liang Daoming can also be regarded as an outstanding person.

It's great to be able to build a foundation in a foreign country.

But he cannot become the hero of one party.

I just decided to sit back and watch.

When Chen Zuyi's winning momentum became stronger and stronger, he couldn't hold back his anger. A hero would never do this.

"Brother Liang, let me tell you a story. It happened during the war in the late Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the current Emperor Zhu was not very powerful in the rebel army..."

Why, so many forces that were once prosperous have perished one after another.

And Zhu Yuanzhang, the man with the humblest origin and the hardest start, became the final winner.

Thousands of years of dynasty history.

Is it possible that a fool like Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded in rebelling?

Exiled at sea, he would ponder this issue in his spare time.

People like Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.

It seems more likely than Zhu Yuanzhang, right?

…

Later he slowly understood.

There are many reasons.

But one of the most important things is that Zhu Yuanzhang can endure it!

While others were proclaiming themselves kings and emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang remained unmoved and developed according to his own goals.

It is said that Zhu Sheng once gave Zhu Yuanzhang advice: build walls high, claim the throne slowly, and accumulate grain widely.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang decides on something, he will not change it easily.

Unlike Zhang Shicheng, don’t talk about one idea a day.

In short, Zhang Shicheng can't keep his temper when doing things.

…

Liang Daoming listened carefully.

…

"Even if Brother Liang wants to participate, it is not at this time. When the attack encounters difficulties, Brother Liang will take action. If the outcome can be decided in one battle, the role played by Brother Liang in this battle and the prestige established will be the greatest!"

"It doesn't matter even if the attack goes well. Brother Liang can take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and lead the brothers to rush out of Min County to make a lot of money. This can also increase Chen Zuyi's prestige..."

Liang Daoming glanced at Lu Zhen out of the corner of his eye.

These old guys from their homeland in the Central Plains failed to compete for the world and fled to the sea.

It's really not something they can compare to.

Even losers.

Other people's vision and knowledge are better than theirs.

The reason is that development is difficult.

Just compared to him and Chen Zuyi.

Lu Zhen and others started late.

Moreover, in these four seas, he and Chen Zuyi are equivalent to the natives of their hometown, while Lu Zhen and others are outsiders.

Outsiders lack the location, people and people.

Otherwise, this group of losers would have fled from the Central Plains and fled to the sea.

I'm afraid they will really be able to suppress local snakes like them.

Where is Zhu Silang?

If this Ming Dynasty prince, Ming Dynasty Longzi, is allowed to stand on these four seas.

The other party relies on Ming Dynasty...

Liang Daoming stared at the dark sea, and deep worry suddenly flashed in his eyes...

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Inside the ship with the Kanda sign hanging on it.

Kanda Takanobu knelt and sat at the main seat.

The chief warriors under his command were kneeling on both sides.

On the right side, there are several Japanese pirates who are very strange. They are not wearing samurai uniforms or traditional Japanese costumes.

But a Confucian shirt.

Kanda Takanobu looked at the five Japanese pirates wearing Confucian shirts, "Kobayakawa-kun, Ohno-kun..."

These are all outstanding young people trained by the Kanda family.

In fact, they were not samurai ronin who could not survive in Japan at all.

Those samurai ronin who couldn't survive.

There are only one or two warships and two to three hundred people in total.

Since the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense line was gradually improved, they did not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty border.

Can only move along the coast of Goryeo.

They are from the Kanda Daimyo family in Osaka.

Right now, the domestic war is too poor.

Big names like them are also short of money, food, and supplies.

They could only pretend to be samurai ronin who could not survive, and rob smuggling merchant ships on the sea, or harass the Ming Dynasty coast and plunder goods.

The same goes for Hosokawa Tadayaki, Ikeda Tsuneaki and others.

They are all from domestic daimyo families.

…

"Once Min County is conquered, I will give you a hundred people. You will not be responsible for plundering money and goods. You will take people to the homes of Min County officials, gentry, and wealthy people to collect their books. All valuable books will be taken away... …”

Starting from the Tang Dynasty.

They sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to learn from the Central Plains.

There is never enough to learn.

After all, the civilization of the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty was accumulated over thousands of years.

There are many, many books.

Don't talk about people from other countries.

Even the scholars of the Ming Dynasty have not read it.

All of them were collected and controlled by the gentry and wealthy people in the Central Plains at home.

In the eyes of their Kanda family.

The value of the libraries of these wealthy people in Fujian County is the same as that of property.

"Hi!"

The five Japanese pirate scholars accepted the order in unison.

Scenes like this happened on many Japanese pirate warships.

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That night.

Tan Yuan sent his brothers back to report that two hundred Japanese warships had sailed into the Minjiang River.

The Japanese pirates are coming!

A curfew has been imposed in the city.

The people don't know yet.

But all the soldiers guarding the city knew it.

Ximen is less than ten miles away from Minjiang River.

After the Japanese pirates disembark from the Min River, they will definitely attack the west gate first.

Zhu Di personally took charge of Ximen.

The coastal defense soldiers standing on the city wall turned their heads slightly and used their peripheral vision to secretly peek at Zhu Di, who was wearing armor and standing in front of the city tower.

They had all heard of the prince's deeds.

I didn't expect that I would have to lead everyone to fight so soon.

I don't know if I can lead everyone to replicate his glorious record of conquering the grassland.

When we were on the coastal defense line, everyone could still be sneaky.

But under this person's nose...

Someone has already demonstrated it.

This evening, a captain secretly visited a brothel and was discovered by the King of Yan when he inspected the city defense.

When the captain came back.

The personal soldiers under the King of Yan rushed over and cut off his head.

The head is now hanging not far away.

However, the King of Yan is not playing with his status as a prince.

In front of everyone, he promised in person that he would not leave the city until the Japanese pirates retreated. If he hid behind his brothers during the battle, he would allow his brothers to stab him in the back.

Don't say he is a prince.

Even among the generals, few people dare to make such a promise, right?

Of course, whether it is just a boast or it will really happen, we can only know after the war starts.

However, it should be correct.

After all, the King of Yan traveled across the grasslands and fought his way back.

Such a fierce man should not be a coward.

Ta-ta-ta...

Outside the city, in the darkness, the sound of hurried horse hooves came, interrupting everyone's thoughts. All the soldiers who heard the sound of horse hooves tried to open their eyes and stare at the direction of the sound.

A moment later.

A rider appeared outside the city.

He shouted loudly: "Your Highness, the Japanese pirates have landed, about seven or eight thousand people!"

...

"Report! Your Highness, after the Japanese pirates landed, they set up camp on the spot!"

Soon, another brother came to report.

Zhu Di stood up and ordered Zhang Wu: "Order the soldiers on the city to take turns to rest according to the agreed plan."

The leader of the pirates was very cautious this time.

Originally, when he learned that the Japanese pirates entered the Minjiang River overnight, he asked Tan Yuan to ambush on the way to the west gate.

The Japanese pirates came across the sea, so there could not be too many war horses.

This also means that the Japanese pirates would not have many scouts.

With the help of the night, Tan Yuan and others can hide near the official road, very close to the enemy.

As long as the Japanese pirates rush to Min County overnight.

That would be courting death.

During the night march, the five hundred brothers led by Tan Yuan rushed to kill at close range, and even if the enemy had eight thousand people, they could come and go like the wind.

Obviously, the leader was very methodical and cautious.

He was not disappointed with this.

…

A quiet night.

The next day.

"The Japanese pirates are coming!"

"I heard that the Japanese pirates landed last night."

…

The people of Min County who woke up from their dreams were the first to learn the news from the county government.

After Zhang Wu and others rode their horses to shout and appease in the city, Min County returned to peace after a brief chaos.

The people of Min County held their breath and waited.

The sun was high in the sky.

An army of nearly ten thousand people, dressed in a variety of clothes, appeared in sight.

"Here they are!"

"The Japanese pirates are coming!"

"The Japanese pirates in the front are so good!"

…

When the soldiers were surprised and discussed.

Zhu Di also stood by the city wall and watched.

Walking in the front, an army of about 2,000 people, all wearing iron armor.

More than 100 of them were wearing full body armor of the West.

The breastplate and back armor were forged from a whole piece of iron, and there was also a visor on the face.

The whole person was wrapped tightly.

Xu Huizu stood beside Zhu Di and said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, what kind of armor is that hundred-man square formation? How come I have never seen it before."

Zhu Di smiled.

It is normal that this type of armor has not been seen in the Central Plains.

Chen Zuyi dominated Malacca, and he must have been able to contact some merchants from the West.

…

"It should be the armor of some countries in Malacca and the land west of Malacca."

…

Just as Zhu Di and Xu Huizu were talking.

The enemy army stopped about five miles away from the city.

Chen Shou, surrounded by Kanda Takanobu and others, rode a horse and looked at the top of Min County from a distance.

"That man should be the King of Yan, right?" Chen Shou pointed at Zhu Di and said with a smile: "Let's not use the tactic of encircling three and leaving one..."

As far as the eye can see, there are only more than 500 soldiers on the entire wall of the west gate of Min County.

The soldiers on the other three walls may be even fewer.

But he is not going to use the tactic of encircling three and leaving one.

He has 8,000 people.

Jump on.

A fierce charge.

It can break down the thin Ming army on the top of this small city.

"This battle is related to the honor of all of us. The first wave of attack will be 2,000 people. I will send 100 armored soldiers and 500 elite soldiers, a total of 600 soldiers. You can distribute the rest. I hope that all leaders will take out the most elite soldiers. We will break through the top defense line of the Ming Fourth Prince at once and show our prestige!"

"I will give 100!"

"I will give 200!"

"My unit will give 300!"

...

Other families spoke up one after another.

Soon, 2,000 people were gathered.

After one stick of incense, two thousand people formed a square formation in front of the battle.

Chen Shou's six hundred elite soldiers were in the middle.

"Kill!"

As Chen Shou drew his sword and pointed directly at the top of Min County.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

...

The pirates who dreamed of getting rich shouted with red eyes.

Then, they began to approach Min County with ladders.

Chen Shou led the remaining six thousand soldiers and horses and followed slowly behind.

The two thousand vanguards suddenly accelerated their pace when they were about two hundred steps away from the city wall and rushed towards Min County.

Zhu Di looked at the soldiers around him, his expression was nervous, and he swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

Reach out.

Zhang Wu hurriedly handed his three-stone hard bow into his hand.

Draw out three arrows, draw your bow and nock an arrow...

Whoosh!

When a hundred armored soldiers rushed one hundred and fifty steps, Zhu Di suddenly let go.

The soldiers at the top of the city witnessed with their own eyes that three arrows pierced the enemy's cheek directly at about a hundred steps away.

The three armored soldiers fell down.

‘Is this the kind of strength a person should have? ’

All the soldiers were stunned for a moment.

"The King of Yan is mighty!"

"Long live King Yan!"

…

The next second, after recovering from the daze, he suddenly cheered excitedly.

While staring closely at the rapidly approaching enemy troops, from the corner of his eyes, he secretly looked at Zhu Di who was standing in the center of the city.

…

Directly opposite the commander's banner.

Chen Shou frowned slightly, "What a brute force!"

He knew the armor's defensive capabilities very well.

Even though the visor was relatively thin, he had fought many battles in Malacca, and he had never encountered someone who could pierce the visor with a bow and arrow from a hundred steps away.

The surprise was fleeting.

Seeing that armored men fell down one after another, Chen Shou was not affected at all. If everyone was like the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty, he would really have to think carefully.

But a fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how superb his archery skills were, could not change the outcome.

Bang bang bang...

At this moment, an explosion sounded like fried beans.

Chen Shou heard the sound and looked quickly...

Our own soldiers have rushed to about fifty steps.

The Ming army in the center of the city suddenly aimed their firearms at the 600 elites he sent. The twenty or so elites who rushed to the front fell to the ground.

Firearms, he also has them here.

However, it takes a long time to reload this thing after one round of shooting...

The range is close.

The city is in a battle of attack and defense.

When attacking one party, the effect of firearms is minimal, not as lethal as bows and arrows.

So he didn't send it.

Bang bang bang...

At this moment, another round of explosions sounded, and Chen Shou's eyes widened suddenly. Why did the Ming army's firearms reload so fast?

…

At the top of the city, Zhu Di saw the government officials hiding behind the wall stacks loading ammunition, nearly a hundred soldiers firing continuously, and nodded with satisfaction.

He organized these hundred fire gunmen from all the fire gunmen in Haiphong.

Then he told the commander, "Just aim at Chen Zuyi and hit the elite!"

"yes!"

As soon as the commander-in-chief's order came out, Zhu Di had already walked away.

Chen Zuyi's troops were suppressed, just fifty steps away, like a natural chasm, but other siege ladders had been set up on the city wall, and the Japanese pirates had begun to follow the ladders and ants to climb up.

Xu Huizu and Zhang Wu each commanded a section of the city wall on the left and right.

When Zhu Di approached.

Xu Huizu was leading more than a hundred young men, each holding a jar in their hands.

"ignition!"

Xu Huizu shouted.

More than a hundred young men, who had only trained a few times, held jars with fuses in their hands and trembled as they lit the fuses.

"Throw!"

As Xu Huizu's shouting rang out again, these green-skinned bastards who had been arrested two days ago while the people were in panic and committed mischief in Min County immediately threw the jars in their hands towards the city.

There was an unlucky guy who was hit by an arrow fired from the city. He screamed and fell headlong onto the city wall.

Boom boom boom!

Immediately, explosions were heard from both sides of the city.

Jars filled with gunpowder and nails exploded amid the dense crowd of Japanese pirates below the city.

Screams began immediately.

The explosions continued.

At the same time, whenever a Japanese pirate followed the ladder and showed his head on the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city with swords would immediately rush over in groups of three or five to kill the enemy who climbed onto the city.

The explosions and shouts of death continued.

Zhu Di patrolled the city, occasionally wielding his sword to kill the Japanese pirates who climbed onto the city and gained a foothold.

…

The handsome flag in the distance.

The relief on the faces of the Japanese pirate bandit leaders led by Chen Shou gradually disappeared.

Chen Shou's troops, the most elite, were suppressed by the dense and continuous firepower of the Ming army and were unable to move.

In just a short moment, more than two hundred people had fallen. The closer they got to the city, the more people fell when the sound of frying beans could be heard.

Other Japanese pirates were closer to the city wall.

But the layout of the city head is very clever.

A group of young men kept throwing jars and jars containing gunpowder into the dense crowd at the foot of the city and near the ladder.

Three to four hundred sword and shield soldiers, in groups of three to five, were focused on the place where the ladders were set up, and they did not destroy the ladders. Anyone who came forward would immediately have one or two groups of Ming army sword and shield soldiers rushing to kill them.

The Ming Dynasty had few troops.

Very clever combination.

The optimization of military forces was used to the extreme.

"General Chen, we can't fight like this!"

Kanda Takanobu pointed at the ladder, "General, please see, the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty could have directly pushed down the ladder, but he did not do so, and our soldiers, in order to climb the city, all gathered near the ladder. Those jars and jars containing gunpowder are so powerful. Although it's not big, it can be thrown into a dense crowd and it won't kill many people, but it will make many of us lose our combat effectiveness..."

From the moment he touched the city wall, it only took a moment to burn incense.

On their side, at least five to six hundred people have been killed.

There are even more injuries!

The fourth prince of Ming Dynasty clearly used this method to consume their troops!

Chen Shou clenched his fist slightly.

I thought it would be easy.

Even at this moment, the Ming Dynasty defenders gave people a shaky feeling, like a warship about to capsize in the waves.

Sword and shield soldiers, in groups of three or five, were constantly running around the city to defend themselves.

But this warship is like a tumbler. For such a long time, it didn't even open a gap to climb the city!

"General Chen! We can't fight like this!"

"Master Chen, fighting like this is exactly what Zhu Silang wants. He wants to consume our troops!"

...

Chen Shou still wants to hold on. Perhaps, if this wave lasts a little longer, Zhu Silang's warship will capsize.

But the other pirate leaders around him don't want to do it.

Some of them only have two or three hundred people.

They can't afford such losses!

Next, we have to plunder!

How can we plunder if all the people are dead?

Chen Shou clenched his fist slightly, gritted his teeth unwillingly, "Blow the horn to withdraw the troops!"

The horn of withdrawal sounded, and the Japanese pirates, who had already been frightened, retreated like a tide.

"The Japanese pirates retreated!"

"The Japanese pirates retreated, long live the King of Yan! Long live the King of Yan!"

...

The soldiers on the top of the city saw the Japanese pirates retreat, and suddenly burst into thunderous cheers.

A total of 1,500 people.

With such a small force, everyone lacked confidence in defending the city.

Especially the arrangement of the King of Yan to group three or five people and concentrate all the muskets made everyone very worried.

Unexpectedly, the effect was quite good.

Xu Huizu looked at the soldiers cheering and smiled: "Brother-in-law, the first battle was won, and the morale of the soldiers was boosted."

Zhu Di frowned and stared at the formation in the distance, "The next is the biggest test. If nothing unexpected happens, the opponent will definitely divide the troops to attack other city walls."

Xu Huizu's smile froze on his face.

They have few troops.

The West Gate has the heaviest troops, and each of the other three gates has only 300 soldiers.

And there are no muskets.

Indeed, the next is the biggest test...

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